Substantial changes in the characteristics of a microwave plasma due to combining argon and hydrogen

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Mills, R L ^a   Ray, P ^a  

^a BlackLight Power Incorporated   (United States)

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EID: 0013500594     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/322     Document Type: Article

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